News for Schaghticokes

CANAAN – Is the town Canaan or North Canaan? Or is it Falls Village? Why is Canaan called Falls Village and North Canaan called Canaan? Those age-old questions persist in the Northwest Corner. Kathryn Boughton put some historical perspective on…

KENT – A channel of open water has opened up on the Housatonic River and the Kent ice jam is slowly melting, but part of it remains in place. First Selectman Bruce K. Adams said Wednesday afternoon that the civil…

KENT – Sightseers and out-of-town visitors are still flocking to see Kent’s ice jam – a mile-long block of ice on the Housatonic River that continued to show no signs of movement on Friday. Frank and Miok Lipke traveled to…

KENT – Town officials declared a state of emergency Monday due to flooding and ice jams in the Housatonic River and they anticipated more problems in the coming days. The declaration is designed to “open an uninterrupted line of communication…

KENT – Town officials declared a state of emergency Monday due to flooding and ice jams in the Housatonic River and they anticipated more problems in the coming days. The declaration is designed to “open an uninterrupted line of communication…

KENT — Town officials have declared a state of emergency in Kent as of 12:30 p.m. Monday. The declaration is designed to “open an uninterrupted line of communication with federal, state, regional safety assets. This will also allow the town…

CARROLLTON, Texas – Paul R. Bourdeau, a longtime resident of New Milford, passed away peacefully at his home in Carrollton, Texas, on Dec. 31, 2017. He was 87, and is survived by his wife of 67 years, Christine, his two…

KENT – A judge on Wednesday dismissed most of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation’s lawsuit in which it seeks $610 million for land it says the state seized from the tribe. The tribal nation alleges the state took 2,000 of the…

Chris Longo ran to heal. He hoped that each mile, each marathon, would ease the pain. When he decided to run 22 marathons to honor his little girl that he lost, he thought it would take a lifetime. It didn’t….

KENT – While today’s Kent is a bustling town, a destination for many coming to the Northwest Corner, it was once considered “a howling wilderness.” That was in its earliest days in the 1730s when those living in other areas…

CORNWALL – When Jamie Cantoni, executive director and curator of the Cornwall Historical Society, told people the next exhibit would highlight the town’s industry, they asked, “What industry?” Now that the exhibit is open, the answer is obvious. Though the…

The Connecticut legislature seems determined to destroy civil society in the state, but by increments rather than in one fell swoop. Wednesday, lawmakers sent Gov. Dannel P. Malloy a bill allowing the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes to establish a…

HARTFORD – The House and Senate worked out a momentous, last-minute deal that could clear the way for the opening of the first commercial casino off tribal lands in Connecticut. After touch-and-go negotiations, the House and Senate approved a pair…

HARTFORD – The first threat of legal action immediately followed the early morning House votes Wednesday to approve two bills to allow the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes to build a new casino in East Hartford. Uri Clinton, a senior…

HARTFORD — The House and Senate worked out a momentous, last-minute deal that could clear the way for the opening of the first commercial casino off tribal lands in Connecticut. After touch-and-go negotiations, the House voted overnight to approve a pair…

HARTFORD — The House and Senate worked out a momentous, last-minute deal that could clear the way for the opening of the first commercial casino off tribal lands in Connecticut. After touch-and-go negotiations, the House voted overnight to approve a pair…

HARTFORD – A fresh threat of litigation Tuesday from the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation served as a reminder of high stakes involved in the casino expansion debate. Chief Richard Velkey of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation visited the state Capitol to once…

HARTFORD – The prospects for casino expansion remain dicey even though the Senate voted to authorize the Pequot and Mohegan tribes to develop the state’s first commercial casino off tribal lands in East Windsor. House Majority Leader Matt Ritter, D-Hartford,…

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